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Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2016

The Effect of Karate Techniques Training on Communication Deficit of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Fatimah Bahrami, Ahmadreza Movahedi, Sayed Mohammad Marandi, Carl Sorensen

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Physical Activity for Anxiety for Autistic People: A Systematic Review.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025
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  15. Meta-Analysis on Intervention Effects of Physical Activities on Children and Adolescents with Autism.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Fatimah BahramiCollege of Sport Sciences, University of Isfahan, HezarJarib Street, Isfahan, Iran. fatimah.bahrami@yahoo.com.
Ahmadreza MovahediCollege of Sport Sciences, University of Isfahan, HezarJarib Street, Isfahan, Iran. a.movahedi@spr.ui.ac.ir.
Sayed Mohammad MarandiCollege of Sport Sciences, University of Isfahan, HezarJarib Street, Isfahan, Iran. s.m.marandi@spr.ui.ac.ir.
Carl SorensenUniversity of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA. sorensec@email.sc.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This investigation examined the long term effect of Karate techniques training on communication of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Thirty school aged children with ASD were randomly assigned to an exercise (n = 15) or a control group (n = 15). Participants in the exercise group were engaged in 14 weeks of Karate techniques training. Communication deficit at baseline, post-intervention (week 14), and at 1 month follow up were evaluated. Exercise group showed significant reduction in communication deficit compared to control group. Moreover, reduction in communication deficit in the exercise group at one month follow up remained unchanged compared to post-intervention time. We concluded that teaching Karate techniques to children with ASD leads to significant reduction in their communication deficit.

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AdolescentAutism Spectrum DisorderChildChild, PreschoolCommunication DisordersExercise TherapyFemaleHumansMaleMartial ArtsTreatment OutcomeAutismCommunicationExerciseKarateLanguage

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PMID26577688

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